# DHSC: FGO: NHS Intellectual Property Guidance External Legal Review

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\)](/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care-dhsc/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [DAC Beachcroft LLP](/suppliers/dac-beachcroft/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £82,802
- Tender value: £89,802
- Award date: 10 June 2025
- Published: 23 June 2025
- Contract start: 2 June 2025
- Contract end: 1 August 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: e83f502f-cc7d-4a22-b92f-dd2f2d26d288-850880
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-68303c72-d48a-4631-ad5c-836299440c9a

## Description

The Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\), working with NHS England \(NHSE\), and the National Institute for Health Research \(NIHR\), have initiated a project to update the national guidance on Intellectual Property \(IP\) for NHS organisations, which has not been revised in 23 years\. To date, the project team has developed a wireframe of the new guidance, outlining its structure and key content areas\. Additionally, extensive stakeholder feedback has been gathered to inform the final version\. Request for Professional Services We now require Legal Professional Services support to transform the wireframe into comprehensive, actionable guidance with exemplar IP agreements, and exemplar IP policy statements\. The key deliverables include: Development of Full IP Guidance for NHS Organisations Reviewing the draft IP guidance already created Reviewing existing case studies, IP policy examples, and exemplar agreements from across the NHS Turning the draft IP guidance into a complete guidance document by: - Developing best practice examples to illustrate key principles\. Creating IP exemplar agreements \(e\.g\., NDAs, opt-out agreements, MOUs, collaboration agreements, joint IP agreements\)\. Designing diagrams and visual tools to showcase innovation pathways incorporating IP\. Providing expert legal review and confirmation of alignment with any relevant legislation

## Related contract awards

- [DHSC Data Transformation Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-87a962e5-5689-4c89-aafd-6ad14acabc9f) — Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\)
- [Functional and Penetration Testing](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e3224dae-429f-4b9d-af4e-4de4bf98573a) — Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\)
- [DHSC: The Independent Commission into Adult Social Care's National Conversation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2a95856a-ebd7-47e1-9826-7d345b135def) — Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\)
- [UK National Screening Committee Web Tool Rebuild](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e810a181-a0ea-447f-a6a8-fcbda51f59c9) — Department of Health and Social Care \(DHSC\)
- [The Provision of Legal Advice](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-33889ad3-809f-4f17-a024-829fa5608be5) — UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- [DAC - legal and professional services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-33ab54e3-18c9-4042-8d01-5cda7d78dfe0) — UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- [PS26024 - Legal Advice Ltd v IUK](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-66125c85-692b-4e2e-9cd5-70c0f45de4df) — UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- [Solicitors Instruction for Catterick Integrated Care Centre](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-06542549-106a-45e0-b39c-6a8a1cd9dc25) — Ministry of Defence

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e83f502f-cc7d-4a22-b92f-dd2f2d26d288-850880)